Awards

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Awards Update: Making Sense of the Fall Festival Frenzy

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Oscar Predictions

*These rankings only reflect the likelihood of being Oscar-nominated.*

Last Updated: 09/21/2023 Next Update: 10/26/2023


1			Oppenheimer
2			Killers of the Flower Moon
3			Poor Things
4			The Holdovers
5			Maestro
6			Barbie
7			Anatomy of a Fall
8			Past Lives
9			The Color Purple
10			The Zone of Interest

Best Picture


1			Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
2			Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
3			Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
4			Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)
5			Alexander Payne (The Holdovers)

Best Director


1			The Holdovers (David Hemingson)
2			Past Lives (Greta Lee)
3			Barbie (Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
4			Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet & Arthur Harari)
5			Maestro (Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)

Best Original Screenplay


1			Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese & Eric Roth)
2			Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)
3			Poor Things (Tony McNamara)
4			All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh)
5			American Fiction (Cord Jefferson)

Best Adapted Screenplay


1			Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
2			Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
3			Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon)
4			Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
5			Colman Domingo (Rustin)

Best Lead Actor


1			Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
2			Emma Stone (Poor Things)
3			Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
4			Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
5			Annette Bening (Nyad)

Best Lead Actress


1			Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
2			Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
3			Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)
4			Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
5			Colman Domingo (The Color Purple)

Best Supporting Actor


1			Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
2			Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
3			Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
4			Viola Davis (Air)
5			Penélope Cruz (Ferrari)

Best Supporting Actress


1			Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema)
2			Killers of the Flower Moon (Rodrigo Prieto)
3			Poor Things (Robbie Robertson)
4			Maestro (Matthew Libatique)
5			The Color Purple (Dan Lausten)

Best Cinematography


1			Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame)
2			Killers of the Flower Moon (Thelma Schoonmaker)
3			Poor Things (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)
4			The Holdovers (Kevin Tent)
5			Maestro (Michelle Tesoro)

Best Film Editing


1			Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)
2			Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)
3			The Boy and the Heron (Joe Hisaishi)
4			Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)
5			The Killer (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)

Best Original Score


1			Oppenheimer
2			Napoleon
3			The Color Purple
4			Killers of the Flower Moon
5			The Killer

Best Sound


1			Poor Things
2			Killers of the Flower Moon
3			Barbie
4			Oppenheimer
5			The Color Purple

Best Production Design


1			Poor Things
2			Barbie
3			Killers of the Flower Moon
4			The Color Purple
5			Napoleon

Best Costume Design


1			Maestro
2			Poor Things
3			Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
4			Barbie
5			Wonka

Best Makeup & Hairstyling


1			Oppenheimer
2			The Creator
3			Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
4			Napoleon
5			Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Best Visual Effects


1			Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2			The Boy and the Heron
3			Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
4			Elemental
5			TMNT: Mutant Mayhem

Best Animated Feature


1			The Zone of Interest (UK)
2			The Teacher's Lounge (Germany)
3			The Taste of Things (France)
4			Perfect Days (Japan)
5			Fallen Leaves (Finland)

Best International Feature


1			Beyond Utopia
2			Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
3			The Eternal Memory
4			20 Days in Mariupol
5			The Deepest Breath

Best Documentary Feature


1			Killers of the Flower Moon (12)
2			Oppenheimer (11)
3			Poor Things (11)
4			The Color Purple (8)
5			Maestro (7)
6			Barbie (6)
7			The Holdovers (6)
8			Anatomy of a Fall (3)
9			The Zone of Interest (3)
10			Napoleon (3)